人教新目标(Go for it)版八年级下学期英语期末模拟检测一

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— I enjoy          football

—No problem.

Short videos are now popular with people. They have millions of views（浏览）online. Many people share short videos on popular video apps like Tik Tok（抖音）and kuaishou/ You can even add music and special effects（特效）to your videos. They show people doing activities like cooking, exercising, and singing.

More than 50 percent of junior high school students said they enjoyed watching these short videos. "About 47 percent have posted their own video." the China National Youth Palace Association reported.

The videos let teenagers see funny and exciting things they wouldn't usually see. For example, a 12-year-old user named Xiaoqiangyu posts videos showing her learning jazz dance. This wins her many fans.

However, the videos can also cause much trouble. Some videos have vulgar content（低俗内容）and it is not good for teenagers. Many teenagers imitate（模仿）what they see in short videos.

 Some students spend much time watching them. They don't have enough time to study.

To deal with this problem, Tik Tok added a new function（功能）. The government also monitors（监管）these apps much more strictly.

In your school, are you allowed to choose the subjects you want to learn? Of course, the answer is "No" here in China.

In America there is a school something new. At a high school in Florida, students will be able to choose their own classes. We all know that some students are at some subjects than others. Some students plan to go on to college, others will not. At this school students are able to find subjects they are in, and possibly even find the field(领域) they would like into after school. They are allowed to choose a subject: biology, math, a foreign language, or study skills like computer or car repair.

Some people think this is a good idea, because it helps. students about what they want to do in the future, and the school helps to give them the knowledge and skills needed to get there. They say that giving the students the chance to choose own classes makes high school more interesting. Others disagree. They think that fourteen-year-old teenagers are too young to know they will do in the future.

What do you think? Would you like to be able to choose your own classes? Many changes have been made in education, but seeing the differences in each student is also important.

Why is the cat not in the Chinese zodiac (生肖)?

There is a famous Chinese folk story about this. The Jade Emperor (玉皇大帝) invited all animals to take part a race (赛跑). The first 12 animals to finish the race would become part of the zodiac.

At that time, the cat and the rat were good friends. When they (hear) about the race, the cat said to the rat, "we should arrive early to sign up for the race, but I (usual) wake up late." The rat promised to wake his friend up they could go together. , on the morning of the race, the rat was so (excite) when he woke up that he forgot his promise. He went directly to the gathering area for the race. The cat woke up only (find) that the race was already over.

But it is only story. The real reason is that there were no cats in China in ancient times. Researchers say that before the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220), China didn't have house cats. There were some descriptions of cats in China in some ancient (book), but they were mostly wildcats.

Nowadays it is (believe) that house cats in China since the Eastern Han Dynasty. But by that time, the animals of the Chinese zodiac had already been chosen.

He got up early catch the first bus.

My home is Our school.

Gina like math it's very difficult.

He couldn't walk his leg.

A: Good afternoon, young man.

B: I'm not feeling well, doctor. I have a headache and feel tired.

A: Let me have a look.

B: Yes, I did that at home just now. It is a little high. Is that serious? .

A: Don't worry.

B: A cold?

A: You should take the medicine twice a day and have a good rest.

B: OK. Can I have an ice-cream? I love to eat it very much

A:It is bad for your health, especially when you are sick.

B: Thank you, doctor.

A: You are welcome. By the way, drink more hot water, young man.

Three men were saved after writing "SOS". A helicopter（直升飞机）found their1on the beach. How did that happen?

The three men left Puluwat to have a trip in a small boat. On their way back home, they got2and their boat didn't work. They finally stopped at a completely3place.

With no food, the three could4look forward to being saved. They wrote "SOS" in5letters in the sand on the beach near their boat. SOS means "Help!"

Soon, people got the news that three men were lost at sea. And then the police began flying over the area,6them. Three days later, the men were found by a helicopter. The7said they were just ending their search and were about to leave because it was going to rain. "We looked down and saw an island, so we8to check it out and that was when we saw "SOS" and a boat near it on the beach." Two days later, the men got home9.

Though10messages in the sand may seem like something that only works in movies, it clearly works in real life, too.

①Swifts live mostly in the air. These small birds are among the fastest animals on Earth. In fact, swifts can go two or three days without touching the ground! To get used to life in the sky, swifts use their speed and the saliva in their mouths.

②Swifts can fly faster than 100 miles per hour. That's because their wings are like boomerangs. This shape of the wings helps them to fly much faster. They can also move one wing faster than the other, which allows them to make sharp turns without slowing down. Making fast, sharp turns helps swifts catching flying bugs to eat.

③The saliva helps swifts catch bugs to feed their young. It is sticky, like glue. Swifts often fly into clouds of bugs such as mosquitoes and open their wide mouths to catch as many insects as they can. The bird collects insects in its mouth graduallyand holds the insects in a sticky ball of saliva. One food ball can contain nearly 1,000 bugs.

④Swifts also use their saliva as glue to build their nests. The birds catch feathers in the air and stick the feathers together to build a strong nest on the side of a cliffor building. Swifts' short feet are not good for walking or standing on land for long. But their sharp claws allow them to stick to rocks and walls so they can take a brief rest before returning their lives in the sky.

①When we see well, we do not think about our eyes very often. It is only when we cannot see perfectly that we realize how important our eyes are.

②People who are near-sighted can only see things that are very close to their eyes. Everything else seems blurry (=unclear). Many people who do a lot of work, such as writing, reading and sewing become near—sighted.

③People who are far-sighted（远视）suffer from just the opposite problem. They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulty in reading a book unless they hold it at arm's length. If they want to do much reading, they must get glasses, too.

④Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right shape. They have what is called astigmatism (散光). This, too, can be corrected by glasses. Some people's eyes become cloudy because of cataracts (白内障). Long ago these people often became blind. Now, however, it is possible to operate on the cataracts and remove them.

⑤Having two good eyes is important for judging(判断) distances(距离). Each eye sees things from a slightly different angle. To prove this to yourself, look at an object out of one eye; then look at the same object out of your other eye. You will find the object's relation to the background and other things around it has changed. The difference between these two different eye views helps us to judge how far away an object is. People who have only one eye cannot judge distance as people with two eyes.

参考词汇: healthy food, do more exercise, enough sleep, keep happy, talk about your problems.

要求: 1）根据参考词汇，并适当发挥；2）字数不少于70词，注意字迹工整。

Dear Alice,

I'm sorry to hear that you are not very well and feel unhappy.